Job summary
Windsor House Group Practice is a large GP Practice with 3 x surgeries based in Leeds (Morley, Churwell and Drighlington) with a list size of over 18,500 patients.
The post holder is a clinical pharmacist who acts within
their professional boundaries, working alongside a team of pharmacists in
general practice.
They will improve patients health outcomes and the
efficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timely
medicines and expertise including face to face contact with patients.
The post holder will be an integral part of the general
practice team, as well as part of a wider pharmacist network and
multi-disciplinary team. This includes being a conduit of patient medicines
information into and out of hospitals. They will work to optimise medication issues to improve patient care
and safety, and support clinical staff in the management of patients.
As part of their employment, the post holder will achieve
qualifications from an accredited training pathway, including independent
prescribing, equipping the clinical pharmacist to be able to practise and
prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting.
The supervision and mentorship network will be
provided to support the clinical pharmacist.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have a patient facing role in managing long-term conditions; working directly with patients to assess and treat conditions, as well as promote self-care.
The candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience of influencing others and conducting clinical medication reviews.
The successful applicant will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop and run (for example processes for repeat prescription reauthorisation, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing). They will work with and be supported by members of the MDT including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from the GP Confederation.
In return, we will support them to develop their role, including, for example, becoming an independent prescriber or gaining a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy.
About us
Windsor House Group Practice is a large GP Practice in Leeds spanning across three sites. We have a team of approx 60 employees both clinical and administrative. We are passionate around the care and support of our patients and the role of a receptionist is key to our service provision.
The role will primarily work at Adwalton House Surgery, Drighlington (with an expectation that the successful candidate would work at one of the other surgeries as and when required).
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work within their clinical
competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in
clinical medicines management, provide face to face structured medication
reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of
care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription
authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, while
addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the practice.
The post holder will perform
face to face medication review of patients with polypharmacy especially for
older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple
co-morbidities and long term conditions. The post holder will provide leadership
on quality improvement and clinical audit and well as managing some aspects of
the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
This role is pivotal to
improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires
motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice.
The post holder will
be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber, if that
qualification is not already held
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work within their clinical
competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in
clinical medicines management, provide face to face structured medication
reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of
care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription
authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, while
addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the practice.
The post holder will perform
face to face medication review of patients with polypharmacy especially for
older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple
co-morbidities and long term conditions. The post holder will provide leadership
on quality improvement and clinical audit and well as managing some aspects of
the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
This role is pivotal to
improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires
motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice.
The post holder will
be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber, if that
qualification is not already held
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- May hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification
- Clinical Diploma or equivalent (demonstrate experience)
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio.
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice.
- Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams community groups.
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations.
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
- Experience of working in a GP practice
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience.
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities.
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports.
- Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Able to gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers.
Desirable
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- May hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification
- Clinical Diploma or equivalent (demonstrate experience)
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio.
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice.
- Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams community groups.
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations.
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
- Experience of working in a GP practice
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience.
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities.
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports.
- Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Able to gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers.
Desirable
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
